Category: Events

It’s the Final Countdown!

The voting period for the Paluma & District photo exhibition will close at midnight on Sunday 15th October, so just under one week to go!

If you haven’t yet lodged a vote for your favourite photos or want to provide feedback on them, you can do so here.

Ranging from spectacular wildlife photos, local characters of our community and to tranquil forest settings, there is a wide spread of votes to date across the photo entries providing an indication I think of the quality of our entrants. There are certainly not many votes between the most popular front runners.  

So what’s next after voting closes?  Come and enjoy the company and stories behind the many beautiful photo entries of the exhibition at the Community Hall on Friday evening the 20th November at 6pm over a few drinks.

The bar will be open and nibblies provided. The most popular photo entries will be announced with the ‘winning’ exhibitors presented with a mount of their photo, which for the first 12 months, will hang proudly in the Community Hall.

Look forward to seeing you all there.

Son

Trivia Night a great success.

Thank you to the wonderful people who participated in the inaugural Trivia Night, there were a few ahhs and groans of disappointment from some of the teams when they missed the answers, but generally everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.  Thank you also to everyone for being generous in supplying food and snacks. Marion was most generous in supplying the prize for 1st place, a gift box of relishes and salts. There were also 2nd and 3rd prizes. The next Trivia Night is in March, so get your teams together and be prepared for a great night.

Helen Gode

Voting now open for the Paluma Photo Exhibition

Have you checked out the wonderful selection of photos that have been uploaded to Paluma.org as part of the Paluma Photo Exhibition? Uploading is now closed and we have a total of 70 entries from 8 different photographers. Anyone can click here to view the images but if you would like to comment on any photos or vote for your favourites, you will need to register on the exhibition home page.

Voting rules are:

  • You can vote on as many images as you like (but not your own images)
  • Each image can be given between 1 and 4 stars
  • You can edit your vote if you made a mistake
  • You can optionally add a comment to your vote
  • You can still comment on any image without voting
  • Voting will close on November 15

If you have any problems with voting of commenting on the website please contact Jamie (jamieo53@hotmail.com; ph 0408710030)

Provide your feed back on the Paluma Recovery Roadshow

Dear Paluma Community,

Thank you for being part of the recent Paluma Recovery Roadshow on 17th September 2026.

The time, effort, and resources your organisation contributed to the event is greatly appreciated by both the Recovery and Resilience team, and the Paluma community. Your involvement helped create a valuable opportunity for residents to connect with local services, learn about disaster preparedness and recovery, and strengthen community resilience.

Our team would greatly appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to complete the exhibitor feedback survey below by Tuesday 3rd October 2026:

Paluma Recovery Roadshow Exhibitor Feedback Survey

Your feedback will help inform future Roadshows, support our evaluation and reporting requirements, and demonstrate the value of continuing to deliver community recovery and resilience initiatives across the Townsville region.

We’re pleased to share that attendee feedback from the day was overwhelmingly positive:

✅ Over 50 attendees!

✅ 100% rated the event Excellent or Good.

✅ 100% reported increased understanding about disaster recovery.

✅ 100% left feeling confident about who to contact for support before, during, and after severe weather.

✅ 70% identified new preparedness actions they could take.

✅ 100% of people who identified new actions to take, indicated they would follow up on them after the event.

Qualitative feedback also highlighted the value of making connections, being able to access multiple local services in one location, and being able to speak directly with agencies and community organisations. This proves the positive impact your organisation had in the Paluma community by participating in the event.

Thank you again for your support, partnership, and contribution to making this event such a success!

Kind Regards,
Recovery and Resilience Team
E  localrecoverycoordinator@townsville.qld.gov.au
Local Disaster Coordination Centre 113-123 Dalrymple Road Garbutt, Townsville QLD 4810

Game on…. Paluma Games night 2026

Peter and Dorothy Klumpp are once again hosting the annual Paluma games night on November 21st, at 6pm. This event is probably the most anticipated and well-attended night of the annual Paluma social calendar.

Dinner/sausage sizzle will be provided at a modest cost of $5. Please RSVP if possible to Peter for catering purposes (ph 0408 707 726; email: pdklumpp1@bigpond.com )

There will a wide assortment of games to test the motor skills and competetive strategies of everyone, young and old.

The ping pong matches can occationally get quite competetive

The countdown really is on……….

On Sunday the 25th October at midnight, the uploading of photos will cease for entry into the Paluma and District photo exhibition of 2026. Meaning, there are only a few days left to go for those of you still looking to enter some pics.  

Many more amazing photos have come in during this past week. Check them out here.

On Monday the 26th October, you’ll be able to start voting for your favourite photos. Stay tuned!

Sonya Bryce

The Townsville City Council Recovery Roadshow is coming to Paluma on Saturday!

Designed for communities impacted by severe weather and geographical isolation, the roadshow is an opportunity for residents to connect with local services, access practical support, and learn about resources available to help them recover and build resilience.

October 17, 10am -1:00pm

On the day, enjoy:

  • Live music from The Hidden Valley Honky Tonker
  • Bubbles, temporary tattoos, face painting and colouring-in with Marvellous Miss Mary
  • Free sausage sizzle provided by the Paluma District and Community Association
  • Opportunity to complete your own “Connect and Collect Passport” and win a prize
  • Stalls from Red Cross, Townsville Health and Hospital Service, SES, Queensland Police Service, Volunteering North Queensland, Townsville City Council, Hinchinbrook Shire Council, and many more!

Come along to connect with your community and build your severe weather recovery network. Because connected communities recover better.”

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to give me a call 😊

Kind Regards,

Hannah Billington

Community Recovery & Resilience Officer
Infrastructure & Operations
M  0461 377 566    E  Hannah.billington@townsville.qld.gov.au  

Local Disaster Coordination Centre 113-123 Dalrymple Road Garbutt, Townsville QLD 4810

PDCA Photo Exhibition – entries closing soon

Paluma and District Photo Exhibition 2026 is well underway

It’s just under 3 weeks to go before the photo upload period is closed at midnight on October 25th. We have some truly amazing photos being exhibited that you must see if you haven’t already had a squiz. The photo gallery site can be accessed here for viewing but more importantly for offering support to our budding photographers with such hidden talents!

For those of you contemplating an entry or two, I encourage you to seize the moment as the deadline will be here before you know it!  If you’ve forgotten the ‘loose’ rules around photo entry they can be found here.

If you have any further questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to me on sonyab360@gmail.com or Jamie on jamieo53@hotmail.com (0408 710 030) for technical issues on the website functionality.

Happy snapping!

Son